​1. Make sure you completely answer the six questions from Chapters 9-10 that were given to you on Friday. Since you are using your book, include quotations from the novel and answer thoroughly.

2. Journals:
Several of the McBride children became involved in the civil rights movement. Do you think that this was a result of the times in which they lived, their need to belong to a group that lent them a solid identity, or a combination of these factors?

"Our house was a combination three-ring circus and zoo, complete with ongoing action, daring feats, music, and animals." Does Helen leave to escape her chaotic homelife or to escape the mother whose very appearance confuses her about who she is?


3. Read Chapters 11-12.